By CHATULA KANGALI – THE Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) has proposed the lowering of mining effective tax rates for Zambian mines in next year’s budget to make the sector competitive in the region.The ZCM...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE First National Back (FNB) Zambia and Liquid Intelligent Technologies have announced a strategic partnership aimed at offering affordable and reliable data services.This partnership will accord FNB customers a five per...

By KETRA KALUNGA – GOVERNMENT bonds in secondary bond market went up by 14 per cent in the second quarter of this year, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The SEC says that the...

By CHATULA KANGALI – STANDARD Chartered Bank Zambia PLC profits for the first half of this year increased by 76 per cent. This is due to an increase in revenue.The bank’s interest income from loans...

By ANDREW MULENGA – THE Zambian Irish potato export market has this year grown to include Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a result of increased value addition to...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE demand for Zambian products in the Great Lakes Region has increased and it calls for the country to invest in its own water vessel for transportation to boost trade.Northern Province...

By CHATULA KANGALI – STAKEHOLDERS have welcomed the reinstatement of Vedanta Resources as the majority shareholder of Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) but have called for close monitoring of the company operations. Read more...

By KETRA KALUNGATHE Government in partnership with the Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) is working at increasing soya beans production to 1,000,000 metric tonnes through the implementation of the...

By CHATULA KANGALITHE Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) has sold over K213.96 million worth of timber in the first six months of 2023.ZAFFICO has increased its wood sales from K135.12 million to K213.96...

By CHATULA KANGALI – THE demand for Zambian maize has increased in the African sub-region. This has been necessitated by the increased population and high production of feed for farming activities.In its monthly agriculture report...